New Jersey Dancers Join Alvin Ailey’s Return To Newark In Its Nationwide Tour

New Jersey Dancers Join Alvin Ailey’s Return To Newark In Its Nationwide Tour

Alvin Ailey will return to the Garden State with three performances at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center for Mother’s Day from May 9-11. Having danced at NJPAC’s opening night in 1997, Alvin Ailey will host its annual recital with a celebration of its African-American heritage.Among Alvin Ailey’s 32 dancers are Montclair’s Chalvar Monteiro and Newark’s Christopher Taylor.Growing up in New Jersey, Monteiro was an energetic child whose mother …